Hi All,
I'm slowly picking away at some issues discovered with my newly acquired J-3 Cub. I decided to pull the carb. and send it to Uni-Tech for rebuild as it seemed to be leaking fuel on the hangar floor not related to the primer. Anyway, after removing the airbox, I found that the shaft is very sloppy due to wear. I see that Wag Aero has a rebuild kit that adds riveted end plates holding bearing and a new shaft. What I don't get is that the butterfly in my existing box is brazed to the shaft and cannot be (easily) removed. How are you supposed to attach a butterfly to the shaft included in the rebuild kit? Any other ideas for fixing my current airbox?
Thanks!
John M.
I'm slowly picking away at some issues discovered with my newly acquired J-3 Cub. I decided to pull the carb. and send it to Uni-Tech for rebuild as it seemed to be leaking fuel on the hangar floor not related to the primer. Anyway, after removing the airbox, I found that the shaft is very sloppy due to wear. I see that Wag Aero has a rebuild kit that adds riveted end plates holding bearing and a new shaft. What I don't get is that the butterfly in my existing box is brazed to the shaft and cannot be (easily) removed. How are you supposed to attach a butterfly to the shaft included in the rebuild kit? Any other ideas for fixing my current airbox?
Thanks!
John M.